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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <h1>Netherlands Amsterdam</h1> <div class="sectionSpacer"> <b>AMSTERDAM</b> is a beguiling capital, a compact mix of the provincial and the cosmopolitan. It has a welcoming attitude towards visitors and a uniquely youthful orientation. For many, however, its world-class museums and galleries - notably the Rijksmuseum, with its collection of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, and the Van Gogh Museum - are reason enough to visit. <p> </p> <p>Amsterdam was founded on a dam on the river Amstel in the thirteenth century. During the Reformation it rose in stature, taking trade away from Antwerp and becoming a haven for its religious refugees. Having shaken off the yoke of the Spanish, the city went from strength to strength in the seventeenth century, becoming the centre of a vast trading empire with colonies in Southeast Asia. Amsterdam accommodated its expansion with the cobweb of canals that gives the city its distinctive and elegant shape today. Come the eighteenth century, Amsterdam went into gentle decline, re-emerging as a fashionable focus for the alternative movements of the 1960s. Despite a backlash in the 1980s, the city still takes a uniquely progressive approach to social issues and culture, with a buzz of open-air summer events, intimate clubs and bars, and relaxed attitude to soft drugs</p> </div> <div class="guides-Spacer7"> <b>The City</b><br> Amsterdam is a small city, and, although the concentric canal system can be initially confusing, finding your bearings is straightforward. The medieval core boasts the best of the city's bustling streetlife and is home to shops, many bars and restaurants,...<br> </div> <p>Amsterdam Tourist Information </p> <p><a href="http://http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/results_1.jsp?CONTINENT=Europe&COUNTRY=Netherlands&AUID=1895">Sightseeing in Netherlands </a> </p><p><a href="http://http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/results_1.jsp?CONTINENT=Europe&COUNTRY=Netherlands&AUID=1895">Amsterdam Sightseeing</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.hotel-reservation-service.net/amsterdam_hotels.htm">AMSTERDAM HOTELS</a></p> <p>  </p> <a href="http://www.travelangel.net/amsterdam.htm"> <p>Amsterdam Bed and Breakfast </p> </a> <p><a href="http://www.hotel-reservation-service.net/index.htm">Europe Hotels</a></p> <h1>Netherland Amsterdam Hotels </h1> <p>HOTEL SEARCH Amsterdam Hotel List - Netherland Amsterdam Hotels - WORLD WIDE HOTEL SEARCH </p> <p>149 Hotels in Amsterdam City Centre - </p> <p>48 Amsterdam Sightseeing Tours with suggestions around bus tours and bike tours and more</p> <p>1000 of possiblities to spend the holiday in Amsterdam and your travel through the netherlands </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <a href="http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure/ed_PRODUCT_results.jsp?CITY=AMSTERDAM&L=MOSTPOP&AUID=1895"><h1>Amsterdam Sightseeing </h1></a> <a href="http://www.hotel-booking-service.net/amsterdam_hotels.htm"><h1>AMSTERDAM HOTELS</h1></a> <h1>Amsterdam Hotel </h1> <a href="http://www.travelangel.net/amsterdam.htm"> <h1>Amsterdam Hotel</h1> </a> Get your budget Amsterdam Netherlands Hotels and Amsterdam Hotel Accommodation i.e. Bed and Breakfast in Amsterdam Hotel netherlands online with instant Amsterdam Hotel confirmation budget HOTELS IN <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/usa/index.htm">USA</a> - <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/france/index.htm">FRANCE </a>- <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/england/index.htm">ENGLAND</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/canada/index.htm">CANADA</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/netherland/index.htm">NETHERLAND</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/ireland/index.htm">IRELAND</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/germany/index.htm">GERMANY</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/italy/index.htm">ITALY</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/spain/index.htm">SPAIN</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/africa/index.htm">AFRICA</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/hong-kong/index.htm">HONG KONG</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/asia/index.htm">ASIA</a> <a href="http://www.online-specials.de/africa/index.htm">AFRICA</a><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOOKING </body>